Formulatrix, LLC

Formulatrix, LLC, a foreign-owned for-profit organization headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts, supplies specialized laboratory automation equipment and maintenance services to federal research agencies as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards), competing exclusively in full-and-open procurements with no set-aside participation. The vendor manufactures and sells automated liquid handling systems (MANTIS, FAST, mPULSE tangential flow filtration), protein crystallization imaging equipment (Rockimager, NT8 dropsetter, Formulator buffer-preparation systems), and related consumables and maintenance agreements. Purchase orders span analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing (59 awards), equipment maintenance and repair services (26 awards), and biotechnology research and development (20 awards), denominated primarily under NAICS 338119 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing) and PSC codes for laboratory equipment and supplies.

Formulatrix's customer base concentrates sharply on National Institutes of Health entities. The top five NIH institutes account for 56% of recent awards by count and 55% of combined potential value, led by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (21 awards, $1.4 million combined potential value), the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (20 awards, $907 thousand), and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (9 awards, $822 thousand). The vendor also serves the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Defense Health Agency, the Department of Agriculture, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Department of Commerce. Recent representative prime awards include a $131,204 firm-fixed-price purchase order from the Department of Veterans Affairs Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (July 2026) for a FLO i8 V3 positive displacement liquid handler with installation and training; a $168,264 order from the Defense Health Agency (May 2026) for a Formulatrix FAST liquid handler; and a $196,411 maintenance agreement from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (January 2025) running through December 2027 for servicing two Rockimager instruments and one Formulator instrument at Bethesda, Maryland.

Formulatrix sits on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule and an Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC 75N91019D00038), with three task orders and one task order respectively across those vehicles. The vendor operates as a sole-source or original equipment manufacturer (OEM) maintenance provider in most NIH transactions, justified by proprietary equipment and Formulatrix's exclusive capability to service its own instruments. Activity has been relatively flat over the past five years (ranging from 4 to 10 awards annually since 2022), with four awards in 2026 and four in 2025. Four awards (combined potential value $585 thousand) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing modest recompete exposure. Formulatrix also subcontracts as a equipment supplier to primes including Government Scientific Source Inc. (NIAID VRC task order, March 2026), Weems Design Studio Inc. (NCI imaging system coverage, May 2025), and Roche Diagnostics Corporation (COVID-19 serology testing automation, July 2024). Combined potential value across all 144 awards totals $7.5 million, with $7.4 million obligated (98%), reflecting the transactional, procurement-order character of the business — recurring, incremental purchases of capital equipment and maintenance contracts rather than large contract vehicles or grants.